Thornton's Bookshop

Bookshop in Oxford, England

Thornton's Bookshop

11 Broad Street, the site of Thornton's Bookshop, in 2021
Company type	Retail bookshop
Industry	Book seller
Founded	1835
Founder	Joseph Thornton (1808–1891)
Defunct	2002
Headquarters	11 Broad Street, Oxford , England

Thornton's Bookshop (locally known as Thornton's) was the oldest university bookshop in Oxford, England.^[1]^[2] It was founded in 1835 by Joseph Thornton (1808–1891) in Magdalen Street.^[3]

From 1870, the bookshop was located at 11 Broad Street (opposite Balliol College), continued as a family business by five generations of the Thornton family^[4] and from 1983 by the Meeuws family, but closed at the end of 2002.^[3] The shop premises on Broad Street were frequently used for television adaptations like Brideshead Revisited,^{[citation needed]} and the last Inspector Morse episode, The Remorseful Day.^[5]

The premises are now occupied by "The outlet shop".

References

^ Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "Thorton's Bookshop". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. Macmillan. p. 435. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
^ "Oxford's oldest bookshop to close down". Oxford Mail. UK. 30 November 2001.
^ ^a ^b "No. 11: House of Secrets (Harry Potter)". Broad Street, Oxford. Oxford History. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
^ "The remarkable story of the Thornton family". Oxford Mail. UK. 2 February 2011.
^ "Armed robbery at 'Morse' bookshop". BBC News. UK: BBC. 4 November 2002. Retrieved 14 June 2022.